janlingen / toggle-hue

💡 simple python script to toggle your Philips hue lights with speech recognition

toggle-hue

simple python script to toggle your Philips hue lights with speech recognition

how to get the script running:

• install needed packages
  • pip install -r requirements.txt
  • if you encounter problems installing PyAudio take a look here: https://cs.gmu.edu/~marks/112/projects/PlaySong.pdf
• get the of your Philips Hue Bridge and export it as enviroment variable
  • example: export IP=127.0.0.1
• get a Philips hue bridger user and export it as enviroment variable
  • guide on how to get a user: https://developers.meethue.com/develop/get-started-2/
  • example: export HUE_USER=1028d66426293e821ecfd9ef1a0731df"
• run python hue.py
• the default trigger name is called sarah
  • example call: sarah light to toggle your lights on/off

customizing the script

• if you would like to add or remove lights, edit the function run_sarah
• if you would like to change the trigger name, edit the function take_command